As an actor, if I show up late somewhere or I say something that's eccentric, it's totally acceptable - not only that, it's lauded in some perverse way.

The old cliché in theater is, if you’re nervous, pick up a prop, which will immediately take you outside of your mind.

When you're on set you don't realize the way something is going to look since you're on the other side of the camera.

When you are in a live-action movie, you have so many more options to express yourself. You can use your body and your gestures and facial expressions. When you are doing an animated movie, you really only have your voice.

I write plays instinctively. I don't like writing movie scripts.

As an actor, you have to be open to doing things where you look stupid, to be experimental.

I find people who want to help other people to be the most interesting. I come from a family of teachers, and my friends are teachers, often times in very difficult school situations.